Yea, OE is fine. Just occasionally perhaps trim the NG .dbx (the
database file that holds the posts in the OE Store) with a message rule
to delete very old posts. Definitely, occasionally "OE, File menu,
Folder, Compact All Folders". That's all.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Mack" wrote in message
...
| Thanks for all the great replies but I'm a little confused. In the
past I
| used OE to access NG's but some of my posts never got posted (lost in
| neverland or something). I also had trouble "searching" for posts and
I was
| told by several people (including a MS MVP) that I was much better off
| accessing the NG through my internet browser. Now the advice I am
hearing is
| to use OE. I guess things have changed in the last couple of years.
I guess
| I'll go back to using OE for NG's. Thanks for the help. Mack
|
| "PCR" wrote:
|
| To connect directly to this site, copy the following into your
browser's
| Address Bar. After this, you will no longer need to connect through
the
| CDO. You will use Outlook Express to access the NG.
|
| news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...gen_discussion
| However,
| (1) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule
to
| delete posts older than, say, 10 days. Also check "stop processing
more
| rules".
| (2) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a
time".
| (3) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
| Messages.
| (4) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"
|
| (Now, it is a bit tricky. When I click one of those things, it gets
| right to it. One really need stop it & get that rule in. I do
believe,
| it will then not download older than the rule specifies.)
|
| Posts older than 10 days will not download. Posts that age on your
| machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
| occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
| compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".
|
| Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...
|
| (1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
| (2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
| (3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".
|
| http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resou...tm#setupmsnews
| Manual Instructions to connect
| http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/setupoe.htm Read this about it
too
| http://www.dts-l.org/ This too
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Mack" wrote in message
| ...
| | This may sound really stupid but I can't figure out how to put
this
| forum
| | into my Favorites. I get here by using this link:
| | http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx,
| | then have go through all the selections (English, Windows, Windows
98,
| etc.)
| | on the left of the screen under Community Newsgroups. How do I
get
| the
| | address just for Windows 98 General or Windows 98 Outlook Express?
| Thanks,
| | --
| | Mack
|
|
|